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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Heard of AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections (W_STIHEARD)

Data file: NAM2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1002
End: 1002
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
942. CHECK 901:

HEARD ABOUT HIV/AIDS
Apart from HIV/AIDS, have you heard about other infections that can be transmitted through sexual contact?

NOT HEARD ABOUT HIV/AIDS
Have you heard about infections that can be transmitted through sexual contact?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
STIHEARD (V750) indicates whether the woman had heard of AIDS or any other sexually transmitted infection (STI).

For a variable that indicates whether the respondent had heard of STIs other than AIDS, see STIHEARDOTH (V785). For a variable that indicates whether the respondent had heard of AIDS specifically, see AIDSHEARD (V751).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
STI knowledge Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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